It was a beautiful day in the forest of Mirkwood. Princess Karee was busily writing in her scroll book at her desk, putting her name with Greenleaf at the end of it countless times and in many different ways. Her face was scrunched up in concentration when she heard a cough in front of her. She looked up excitedly and found herself face to face with none other than her lady in waiting and personal handmaid Lady Lily. Clothed in baby pink from the magenta jeweled circlet to all the way down to her to dainty slippers, Lily shuffled over to the princess's mahogany desk and, seeing what Karee was writing, rolled her eyes.

"That's all you do! Why don't you go out and do something active for once?" said an exasperated Lily as Karee jumped out of her seat and started jumping on the bed.

Suddenly, Karee stopped and stared at Lily in shock. "Moi? Active?.are you sure you know who you're talking to miss senile?" she exclaimed as she jumped off the bed and playfully ruffled Lily's blond hair. Lily ducked away and shot out her tongue. Both were elven maidens and friends since they could remember. The tall and graceful princess Kare was of noble status but just as crazy and 'normal' as Lily, the slightly shorter one.

"Let's go and climb a mountain or something!" said Lily excitedly. Karee made a face as she went towards the full length mirror.

"Who would want to sweat and trudge up a yucky mountain thingy anyways?" replied Karee as she readjusted loose hairs back into place.

"Climbing a mountain sounds quite fun actually," said a voice behind the two girls. Both looked towards the door and found an incredibly tall and lithe blond elf smirking. He was prince Legolas, engaged to the princess Karee. The dark haired princess squealed in happiness as she started running towards Legolas.

"ooooh! You came! So what do you want to do today honey bunny?" chattered Karee as she hugged him and remained clinging to the prince. Lily made unlady like gagging noises in the background as Legolas fondly smiled down on Karee and hugged her back. Legolas looked up at Lily and winked at her as Karee let go of him. Lily shyly smiled back as she went back to cleaning

"So what are you two doing in the palace when you have the whole forest of Mirkwood to explore and have fun in?" Karee looked up at him and happily smiled. "I was thinking maybe we could go riding today!" Legolas took her hand. "Anything for you fair lady." Karee giggled and stuck out her tongue at Lily.

Lily sighed as she was left behind to fix the rumpled bed the princess had previously jumped on. She picked up the duster and starting removing the dust off from the tables and dressers, happily humming to herself. Almost done her chores, she was about to go down to her room and change into something more comfortable when she smelled something peculiar. Her dainty nose crinkled in curiosity as she sniffed at the air. Following the strange aroma down the long hallway, the smell was getting stronger. Recognition lighted her eyes as she realized that the smell was popcorn, her most favorite food to eat in the whole of middle earth! Laughing delightedly, as she prepared to make some of her special homemade butter, Lily kept following the popcorn odor as it got stronger and stronger when she suddenly heard really harsh breathing.

Lily became suspicious and walked more slowly toward the smell. She had made it to the far corner of the palace and many trees have hidden the sun from lighting the path more. Lily slowly crept towards the sound of the breathing that got louder. She stuck her head into a dark room, trying to make sense of all of the dark shapes looming throughout the room. She cautiously walked into the room and stopped in the middle, broom in hand.

"Is anybody perchance here?" She looked around but her elven eyes were not as strong as the other elves, for she ruined her vision watching fireflies at night too many an evenings. Giving up trying to squint her eyes to see if anyone was there, Lily was about to turn around and go and try to find pick up the popcorn smell when a humungous hand covered her mouth. Her eyes widened as the creature forced her to smell a stinky rolled up underwear. She recoiled in disgust and horror, as she felt lightheaded at the repugnant smell. Without warning, she fell backwards like a sack of potatoes and collapsed on the marble floors as the creature let go in surprise. Her head hit the floor as the creature hastily picked her up and tied slung her over its shoulder. It dragged itself towards the balcony and jumped three stories, landed on the ground and noisily went back into the forest with the elven girl still unconscious on its bulky shoulders.